Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 1395 6780 6788 Osprey 0 9 62 Bald Eagle 18 153 205 Northern Harrier 17 134 465 Sharp-shinned Hawk 115 694 2690 Cooper's Hawk 10 63 108 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 13 25 29 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 1300 Red-tailed Hawk 40 96 152 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 3 American Kestrel 16 196 1360 Merlin 2 23 71 Peregrine Falcon 0 38 57 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 1627 8221 13291 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: 1Counter Observers: Ken Wootton Visitors: Quite a few visitors today who aided Ken W with getting today's count done. It was great to hear that most of these visitors got great looks at the Golden Eagle that flew past right overhead going westbound. Weather: Lots of cloud around for the day and winds were light initially from the NNE then a bit more N and finally getting a bit stronger and swinging around to the E. Temps ranged from 10C to 16C. Pressure was dropping through the day. Raptor Observations: A very similar flight to Friday with a total of 1627 birds most of which were TVs (1395) and Sharpies (115). The highlight today was another Golden Eagle that flew by just before noon providing nice views. Another decent number of N. Harriers (17), Bald Eagles (18) and Am Kestrels (16) and Cooper's Hawks (10). Finally had a small number of buteos on the move with Redtails (40) and Red-shoulders (13). Non-raptor Observations: None reported today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown (ez.raptor1210@gmail.com) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=392